Evernote #4

Question 1

· . . sincerity, simplicity , and purity: sincerity, the mother of a noble family of virtues”. simplicity and purity, ‘the two wings w ith which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Answer 1

david 0 mckay

Question 2

· .. man in his taking upon himself mortality was impotent to save himself. When left to grope in a natural state, he would have become and did become “carnal, sensua l, and devilish by nature. But the rd through his gr ace appeared to man, gave him the gospel or eternal plan whereby he might rise above the carnal and selfish things of life and obtain spiritual perfection.

Answer 2

david 0 mckay

Question 3

…victory over oneself is the only victory that counts -that it is the vlrtue of all achievement.

Answer 3

I watso

Question 4

Our doubts are traitors , and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

Answer 4

william shakespeare

Question 5

When dealing with people , remember you are not dea ing with creatures of logic, but with creatures of emotion .. .

Answer 5

dale carnegie

Question 6

There ls no finer sensation inlife than that which comes with victory over one’s self. It feels good to go fronting into a hard wind, winning against its power; but it feels a thousand times better to go forward to a goal of inward achlevement, brushing aside all your old internal enemies as you advance.

Answer 6

vash young

Question 7

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams -the more they a econdensed. the deeper they burn.

Answer 7

southey

Question 8

As the body requires sunlight, good food, pr oper exercise, and res t. so the spirlt of man requires the sunlight of the Holy Spirit; pr oper exercise of the spiritual functions; avoiding of evils that affect spiritual health.

Answer 8

david 0 mckay

Question 9

The Prophet Joseph said that “Happiness is the object and design of our existence, and will be the end thereof if we pursue the path that leads to it.” And this path is virtue, uprightness , faithfulness, holiness, and living all of the commandments of God .

Answer 9

david a mckay

Question 10

Fortitude I take to be the quiet possession of a man’s self, and an undisturbed doing his duty whatever evils beset, or dangers lie in the way. In itself an essential virtue, it is a guard to every other virtue.
locke

Answer 10

locke

Question 11

Half the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need …I live more simply now, and with more peace.

Answer 11

admiral richard e byrd

Question 12

He is serious about the living of his life, but he is happy and of good cheer. His humor is the humor of hope and his mirth is the uplifting mirth of morality.

Answer 12

neal a maxwell notwithstanding my weakness p122

Question 13

• ** he ls powerful because of his righteousness, for his righteousness permits him to access the powers of heaven, which cannot be handled in any other way.

Answer 13

neal a maxwell notwithstanding my weakness p122

Question 14

Can we reJoice in the many blessings we now have without brooding over those that are temporarily withheld from us? What we do not have must not be allowed to spoil what we do have.

Answer 14

nea1 a maxweII notwithstanding my weakness p121

Question 15

When all these individuals have come from so great a distance to join the Church, surely we can go a second mile in friendshipping and fellowshipping them . If with quiet heroism they can cross the border into belief, surely we can cross a crowded foyer to extend the hand of fellowship .

Answer 15

neal a maxwel l notwithstanding my weakness pB3

Question 16

The longer one examines the gospel of Jesus Christ , the more he will It understand that the Lord’s commitment to free agency is very, very deep -so much deeper than is our own.

Answer 16

neat a maxwell notwithstandlng my weakness p63

Question 17

VVhen the plan of salvation was presented to us we had a correct and hope-filied perspective, for we are reliably told that we “ shouted for joy.” (Job 38:7) Our lives today ought to echo the cheerfulness of that ancient shout I because none of the fundamental reasons for our rejoicing then have changed since.

Answer 17

. neal a maxwell
notwithstanding my weakness p57

Question 18

Eternal life is God’s greatest gift to man, and the Lord in turn is glorified in man’s immortality. Eternal life is the result of knowledge, and knowledge is obtained by doing the will go God.

Answer 18

da vid 0 mckay

Question 19

Since, for instance, despair cometh because of iniquity, then true hope cometh because of righteousness.

Answer 19

neal a maxwell notwithstanding my weakness p48

Question 20

The Prophet Joseph Smith was struck by the important and often ignored fact that John made such a point that hope also helps us to purify ourselves: “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shat1 be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shalt be like him; for we shalt see hlm as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even
as he is pure.” (1 John 3:2-3)

Answer 20

neal a maxwell notwlthstanding my weakness p47

Question 21

It is this hope I and this hope alone I that permits us to “endure well” to the end knowing that the end is but a glorious beginning!

Answer 21

neal a maxwell
notwithstanding my weakness p48

Question 22

We can add to each other’s storehouse of selfesteem by giving deserved specific commendation more often. We should remember too, that those who are breathless fr om going the second mile need deserved praise just as the fallen need to be lifted up.

Answer 22

neal a maxwell notwithstanding my weakness pl0

Question 23

Meditation is one of the most secret, most sacred doors through which we pass into the presence of the Lord.

Answer 23

david 0 mckay/clare middlemiss man mya know for h imself p47

Question 24

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.

Answer 24

edward eggleston

Question 25

Character is the sum of all we struggle against.

Answer 25

booker t washington

Question 26

The gospel and spiritual things should ever be uppermost in the minds of members of the Church. If we would devote more time to the real things in life and less time to those things that will perish, if we would r e ist the various temptations that are in our midst and adopt the teachings of the gospel in our lives, we should really become a light upon a hill, a Iight that could not be hid.

Answer 26

david 0 mckay/clare middlemiss man may know for himself p36

Question 27

Wisdom comes through effort . All good things require effort . That which is worth having will cost part of your physical being your intetlectual power and your soul power -“ Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you . II (Matt . 7: 7 . ) But you have to seek. you have to knock.

Answer 27

david 0 mckay/cLar e middlemiss man may know for h imself p465

Question 28

· **happiness is realized only through r ighteous desires and worthy accomplishments.

Answer 28

david 0 mckay/ctare middlemiss man may know for himself p461

Question 29

One source of happiness springs from the realization of having accomplished something worthwhile; . ..

Answer 29

david 0 mckay/clare middlemiss man may know for himself p461

Question 30

—You do not possess money? Yet you have
the greatest blessings in all the world. You have eyes to see, you have ears to hear, you have loved ones whom you can serve ,
you have your children; and if you have a testimony of the gospel, you know that that loved one , that wife , that husband, that child,
may be yours throughout eternity.

Answer 30

david 0 mckay/clare middlemiss man may know for himself p458

Question 31

The third requisite for happiness is a sense of self-mastery. Learn to control your appetites; learn to control your passions. You are not a slave to anything. Physical quallties are secondary to the sense that you are master of yourself. If you have a sense of mastery, you control your tongue. That is power. The fourth condition of happiness is doing your best to keep your health by obeying the laws of life. The fifth requisite for happiness is appreciation of blessings and possessions.

Question 32

The thought in your mind at this moment is contributing J however infinitesimally, almost imperceptibly, to the shaping of your soul, even to the lineaments of your countenance.

Answer 32

david 0 mckay/clare middlemiss man may know for himself p174

Question 33

God has given you that which is far more valuable and worth more in treasure than any money in stocks or bonds . Day by day we go without thanking hom for our blessings; without thanking God for mother and father. for our brothers and sisters and for kind frIends. Be grateful to God for his blessings . Give thankfulness to him for life and for health, vigor, for our faculties , and , above all, for the gospel which leads us into his presence. I testify to you that it is true.
Declare it to the world!

Answer 33

david 0 mckay/clare middtemiss man mav know for himself 0122

Question 34

…the major point - A mere hundred years from row today’s seeming deprivations and tribulations will not matter unless we let them matter too much now. In a thousand years from now, for instance, today’s serious physical ailment will be but a fleeting memory. A million years from row, those who today worry and are anguished because they are unmarried will, if they are faithful, have smiles of satisfaction on their faces in the midst of a vast convocation of their posterity.

Answer 34

neal a maxwell we wi11 prove them ***p28@@

Question 35

In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.

Answer 35

christopher morley

Question 36

By the street of By-and-By one arrives at the house of Never.

Answer 36

cervantes

Question 37

The bow cannot possibly always stand bent, nor can human nature or human frallty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Answer 37

cervantes

Question 38

All work and no rest takes the spring and bound out of the most vigorous life. -Time spent in judicious resting is not time wasted, but time gained.

Answer 38

m b grier

Question 39

It is better to create than to be learned; creating is the true essence of life.
niebuhr

Answer 39

niebuhr

Question 40

If I have made any improvement in the sciences, it is owing more to patient attention than to anything beside.

Answer 40

sir i. newton

Question 41

The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form.

Answer 41

delsarte

Question 42

Though you may have known clever men who were indolent, you never knew a great man who was so; and when I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of great genius, the first question I ask about him always is, Does he work?

Answer 42

ruskin

Question 43

To an astronomer the most remarkable thing about the universe is not its immense size, its great age, or even the violence of the forces operating within its borders. The thing which strikes an astronomer with awe is the element of perfect orderliness. From the tiny staellites of our solar system to the vast galaxies far beyond our own there is no trace of confusion. There is nothing haphazard, nothing capricious. The orderliness of the universe is the supreme discovery of science.

Answer 43

f r moulton

Question 44

Too low they build who build beneath the stars.

Answer 44

young

Question 45

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

Answer 45

wilhelm von humboldt

Question 46

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance -the cheerful 1 wi11 do more in the same time, witl do it better, wilt persevere in it longer, than the sad or sullen.

Question 47

My study of creative men and their work has led me to this firm conclusion. The under lying difference in men is not so much ambition or even natural talent, as it is intensity of purpose. The average man never gets off the ground because he has no spark of sufficient intensity in him to fire the inner fuel of his capabilities. The essential prerequisite of creative living and thinking is an intense desire to reach a definite goal.

Answer 47

elmer g leterman comm. don’t fall from heaven p41

Question 48

Then he writes some of them out on cards and carries them with him and commits them to memory while he is waiting, or walking, or traveling. We can even memorize the words of God himself and store up his attitudes in our souls to give us this power in depth and direction.

Answer 48

sterling w slll the law of the harvest p340

Question 49

Genius is nothing but continued attention.

Answer 49

helvettus

Question 50

In character, in manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.

Answer 50

longfellow

Question 51

…deep rhythmic breathing is the quickest way to vivify and energize tired bodies, and is even more important for our happiness and health than good food.

Answer 51

gayelor

Question 52

Nothing inspires confidence in a business man sooner than punctuality, nor is there any habit which sooner saps his reputation than that of being always behind time.

Answer 52

w mathews

Question 53

Encourage others to talk. In personal conversation or in group meetings draw out people with little urges such as, “tell me about your experience **” or “What do you think should be done about **?” “What do you think is the key point?” Encourage others to talk and you win a double-barreled victory; your mind soaks up raw material which you can use to produce creative thought ***

Answer 53

david j schwartz the magic of thinking big pBS

Question 54

Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a . good conscience; for health Ls the second blessing that we mortals are capable of -a blesslng that money cannot buy; therefore value it,’ and be thankful for it.

Answer 54

lzaak walton

Question 55

I love the gospel. It is truly the power of God unto salvation and to happiness here and now. I wish that men and women could accept it and cherish its ideals and apply them in their dally lives. What a happy world we might be living in if we only would be kind and considerate of one another, as the gospel teaches.

Answer 55

david 0 mckay

Question 56

Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed.

Answer 56

bovee

Question 57

When a person is down in the world- an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

Answer 57

bulwer

Question 58

Don’t let ideas escape. Write them down. Every day lots of good ideas are born only to die quickly because they aren’t nailed to paper. Memory is a weak slave when it comes to preserving and nurturing brand new ideas. Carry a notebook or some small cards .

Question 59

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

Answer 59

shakespeare

Question 60

“The greatest mystery a man ever learned, is to know how to control the human mind, and bring every faculty and power of the same in subjection to Jesus Christ; this is the greatest mystery we have to learn while in these tabernacles of clay.” —

Answer 60

Brigham Young

Question 61

President Woodruff tells about a conversation he had with Joseph Smith, over 50 years after the prophet’s death at Carthage. The following was recorded by on October 19, 1896
Joseph Smith continued visiting myself and others up to a certain time, and then it stopped. The last time I saw him was in heaven. In the night vision I saw him at the door of the temple in heaven. He came to me and spoke to me. He said he could not stop to talk with me because he was in a hurry. The next man I met was Father Smith; he could not talk with me because he was in a hurry. I met half a dozen brethren who had held high positions on earth, and none of them could stop to talk with me because they were in a hurry. I was much astonished.

By and by I saw the Prophet again and I got the privilege of asking him a question. “Now,” said I, “I want to know why you are in a hurry. I have been in a hurry all my life; but I expected my hurry would be over when I got into the kingdom of heaven, if I ever did.”

Joseph said: “I will tell you, Brother Woodruff. Every dispensation that has had the priesthood on the earth and has gone into the celestial kingdom has had a certain amount of work to do to prepare to go to the earth with the Savior when he goes to reign on the earth. Each dispensation has had ample time to do this work. We have not. We are the last dispensation, and so much work has to be done, and we need to be in a hurry in order to accomplish it.”

Of course, that was satisfactory, but it was new doctrine to me.
Source:

Answer 61

“The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff”, p.288 - p.289

Question 62

Brigham Young’s Visions of Joseph Smith

On two occasions after his martyrdom, Joseph Smith visited Brigham Young in a dream.

On August 17, 1845, 14 months after Joseph was shot and killed in Carthage Jail, Brigham Young wrote about a dream in which Joseph appeared to him to give him counsel about pushing people too hard to finish the Nauvoo Temple. Brigham wrote, “This morning I dreamed I saw brother Joseph Smith and as I was going about my business he says, ‘Brother Brigham don’t be in a hurry’—this was repeated the second and third time, when it came in a degree of sharpness.”

On February 23, 1847, Brigham Young was in Winter Quarters making plans for the pioneer vanguard group to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Brigham wrote about a dream in which the Prophet Joseph appeared to him. Brigham Young told Joseph about how much he missed his companionship, and asked Joseph why he could not come with him. Joseph told him he would have to wait. Brigham then asked if Joseph had a message for Saints. Joseph responded,

“Tell the people to be humble and faithful and sure to keep the Spirit of the Lord and it will lead them right. Be careful and not turn away the small still voice; it will teach [you what] to do and where to go; it will yield the fruits of the kingdom. Tell the brethren to keep their hearts open to conviction so that when the Holy Ghost comes to them, their hearts will be ready to receive it. They can tell the Spirit of the Lord from all other spirits. It will whisper peace and joy to their souls, and it will take malice, hatred, envying, strife, and all evil from their hearts; and their whole desire will be to do good, bring forth righteousness, and build up the kingdom of God. Tell the brethren if they will follow the Spirit of the Lord they will go right.”
Sources:
Manuscript History of Brigham Young, February 23, 1847

Answer 62

“Secretary’s Journal,” 17 August 1845, Brigham Young Papers, MS, Church Archives

Question 63

“Believe me ,he went on, “ my weekly improvement plan works . Just by conscientiously asking myself, How can I do a better job?’ I find the answers. It’s a rare Monday night that I don’t come up with some plan or technique that makes that profit and loss statement look better. tI

Answer 63

david j schwar tz the magic of thinking big p78

Question 64

Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity, “ and ought to be manifested by those who aspire to be the sons of God. A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.

Answer 64

(HC 4:227) alma p burton discourses j s p205

Question 65

In like manner, the veil also stands between us and that which lies ahead, our third and everlasting estate. If, for instance, our association with resurrected beings in this second estate were the order of the day, if they walked with us in the marketplace and conversed with us in the gospel doctrine class, no true growth or test as was envisioned could really occur.

Answer 65

neal a maxwell we will prove…p2

Question 66

Thus we see how gospel truths concerning the plan of salvation are much more than a “tourist guide” for the second estate; they include a degree of understanding of what Paul called “the deep things of God.”

Answer 66

neal a maxwell we will prove them….p8

Question 67

Since, for example, almost all individuals have a tendency to abuse power and authority - not just a few, not even a mere majority - how are the relevant lessons about the righteous use of power to be learned except in this laboratory setting? Could we have truly experienced the risks and opportunities of power merely by attending some pointed lectures or doing some directed reading during our first estate? Was it not necessary to experience “according to the flesh,” what it is like to be on the receiving end of unrighteous dominion?

Answer 67

neal a maxwell we will prove……p4

Question 68

Thus the whole mortal schooling process has been so carefully structured in order to achieve results that could be achieved in no other way. (Helaman 5:9). We can come to know the Lord as our loving, tutoring Father and God; …

Answer 68

neal a maxwell we will prove…p7

Question 69

Until we can subdue our own passions, and bring every human feeling and aspiration into subjection to the will of God, we are not really capable of guiding and dictating others to the full possession of victory in the Kingdom of God. To conquer and subdue, and school ourselves until we bring everything into subjection to the law of Christ, is our work.

Answer 69

br19ham young disc of b Y p267

Question 71

Intelligent beings are organized to become Gods, even the Sons of God, to dwell in the presence of the Gods, and become associated with the highest intelligences that dwell in eternity. We are now in the school, and must practice upon what we receive .

Answer 71

brigham young disc of b Y p245

Question 72

If any of us could now see the God we are striving to serve–if we could see our Father who dwells in the heavens, we should learn that we are as well acquainted with him as we are with our earthly father; and he would be as familiar to us in the expression of his countenance, and we should be ready to embrace him and fall upon his neck and kiss him, if we had the privilege.

Answer 72

brigham young

Question 73

When people fall, they do not suddenly stop believing in the atonement; they simply start believing in their impulses. Their discipline disappears as their perspective shrinks. Irrationality replaces illumination.

Answer 73

neal a maxwell we will prove them ***p26

Question 74

This principle is inherent in the organization of all intelligent beings, so that we are capable of receiving, and receiving and receiving from the inexhaustible fountain of knowledge and truth.

Answer 74

brigham young disc of b y p94

Question 75

…four fundamental facts of life -the dual nature of man; his freedom of choice and his responsibility therefore; indulgences contrary to one’s conscience leave heavihess of heart and unhappiness while spiritual achievements always give joy: spiritual progress demands effort.

Answer 75

davLd 0 mckay

Question 76

Creation intended that human life at its best should be a thrilling , productive experience and not merely some kind of endurance contest or liquidation proceeding .

Answer 76

sterling W. Sill the mir. of personality p4

Question 77

The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God.

Answer 77

daniel webster

Question 78

Each soul must -now or later -surrender to God . At that moment the universe becomes a vast home, rather than a majestic but hostile maze . Surprisingly with such surrender comes victory and never have any received such surrender terms. To yield to him is to receive all that he has!

Answer 78

neal a maxwell things as they really a r e p120

Question 79

***ever seeking like Adam and Abraham, “greater (light and) (knowledge” (Abr. 1:2)

Answer 79

hugh nibley of all things p98

Question 80

In the course of life there are many of our thoughts, words and acts that appear to be of minor consequence -so much so, that we would hardly consider that the Lord would notice them, and are apt to forget that he watches every movement of his creatures, to know whether they appreciate their gifts and blessings which flow from him, or whether they treat them as a thing of naught.

Answer 80

brigham young

Question 81

Any quarreling in the home is antagonistic to the spirituality that Christ would have us develop within us, and it is in our dally lives that these expressions have their effect.

Answer 81

david 0 mckay era jut 67 p3

Question 82

In our worship there are two elements; One is spiritual communion arising from our own meditation; the other, instruction from others, particularly from those who have authority to guide and instruct us. Of the two, the more profitable introspectively is meditation.

Answer 82

david 0 mckay era jun 67

Question 83

Why do you think the Book of Mormon was given to us? Angels do not come on trivial errands, to deliver books for occasional light reading to people whom they do not really concern. The matter in the Book of Mormon was selected, as we are often reminded, with scrupulous care and with particular readers in mind. For some there has been chosen for our attention, a story of how two previous civilizations on this continent were utterly destroyed and why. Lest the modern reader of this sad and disturbing tale from the dust choose to pass lightly over those fearful passages that come too close to home, the main theme is repeated again and again so that almost any Latter-day Saint child can tell you what it is: The people were good so God made them prosperous, and then they were bad and got wiped out. What few can tell you is the steps by which the fatal declension took place, without which the story is jejune and naive.

Answer 83

hugh nibley of all things p90

Question 84

Gratitude. Their souls will be filled with thanksgiving for what God has done for them. They will find themselves rich in favors bestowed. The young man who closes the door behind him, who draws the curtains, and there in silence pleads with God for help, should first pour out his soul in gratitude for health, for friends, for loved ones, for the gospel, for the manifestations of God’s existence. He should first count his many blessings and name them one by one.
david 0 mckay era oct 67 p7

Answer 84

david 0 mckay era oct 67 p7

Question 86

‘Tis to thy rules, 0 temperance, that we owe all pleasures that from health and strength can flow, vigor of body, purity of mind, unclouded reason, sentiment refined.

Answer 86

Chandler

Question 87

The private and personal blessings we enjoy, the blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity, deserve the thanksgiving of a whole life.

Answer 87

jeremy taylor

Question 88

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.

Answer 88

plutarch

Question 89

We ought to be real students -students like no one else. Rather than shifting into neutral and coasting through religion classes -whether at universities, in institutes or seminaries, priesthood quorums, family home evening or Sunday School -we should move into high gear and study as in no other area. The subject matter merits of us the best intellectual and spiritual effort we can muster; for if we, in this lay Church, don’t become proficient in learning the gospel of Jesus Christ, who on earth will? If the elders of Israel do not become profound theologians, who on earth will? If you mothers and mothers- don’t learn the gospel sufficiently to teach your children, who on earth wilt? And you missionaries, if you don’t learn the message the Lord would have you teach, who on earth will? Many painfully discover the obvious you can’t teach well that which you do not know.

Answer 89

Ensign February 1979 Joe J. Christensen

Question 90

Resolution is omnipotent . Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. Aim at excellence, and excellence will be attained. This is the great secret of effort… I cannot do it never accomplished anything; I will try has wrought wonders.

Answer 90

j hawes

Question 91

Window 0, banish the tears of children! Continual rains upon the blossoms are hurtful.

Answer 91

rlchter

Question 92

The home is so crucial that it is the source of our greatest failures as welt as our greatest joys. It is one place that presses us to practice every major gospel principle, not just a few as may be the case in some fleeting and temporary relationships .

Answer 92

neal a maxwel l that my family should par take

Question 93

Resolution is omnipotent . Determine to be something in the world, and you will be something. Aim at excellence, and excellence will be attained. This is the great secret of effort… I cannot do it never accomplished anything; I will try has wrought wonders.

Answer 93

j hawes

Question 94

We ought to be real students -students like no one else. Rather than shifting into neutral and coasting through religion classes -whether at universities, in institutes or seminaries, priesthood quorums, family home evening or Sunday School -we should move into high gear and study as in no other area. The subject matter merits of us the best intellectual and spiritual effort we can muster; for if we, in this lay Church, don’t become proficient in learning the gospel of Jesus Christ, who on earth will? If the elders of Israel do not become profound theologians, who on earth will? If you mothers and mothers- don’t learn the gospel sufficiently to teach your children, who on earth wilt? And you missionaries, if you don’t learn the message the Lord would have you teach, who on earth will? Many painfully discover the obvious you can’t teach well that which you do not know.

Answer 94

Ensign February 1979 Joe J. Christensen

Question 95

I want to see men and women breathe the Holy Ghost in every breath of their lives, living constantly in the light of God’s countenance .

Answer 95

brigham young disc. of b y p31